When the Ice Is Gone: What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals about Earth's Tumultuous History and Perilous Future (Paperback)

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by Paul Bierman

Description

Greenland's ice sheet has melted naturally before, about 400,000 years ago. This book traces the story of this extraordinary discovery, revealing how it radically changes our understanding of the Earth and its climate.
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A longtime researcher in Greenland, geologist Paul Bierman begins with a brief history of the island, both human and geological, explaining how over the last century scientists have learned to read the historical record in ice, deciphering when volcanoes exploded and humans started driving cars fueled by leaded gasoline.
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For the origins of ice coring, Bierman brings us to Camp Century, a U.S. military base built inside Greenland's ice sheet, where engineers first drilled through mile-thick ice and into the frozen soil beneath. Decades later, a few feet of that long-frozen earth would reveal its secrets--ancient warmth and melted ice.

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Changes in Greenland reverberate around the world, with ice melting high in the arctic affecting people everywhere. Bierman explores how losing Greenland's ice will catalyze devastating events if we don't change course and address climate change now.

About the Author

Paul Bierman, environmental science professor at the University of Vermont, develops methods to date ice and rocks. He has published in Science and Nature, with the findings covered by CNN, USA Today, and the Weather Channel. He lives in Burlington, Vermont.

Product Details

Category: Nonfiction

Language: English

Format/Binding: Paperback

Book Condition: New

ISBN-10: 1324110309

ISBN-13: 978-1324110309

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Date Published: August 05, 2025

Pages: 304

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